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Levenov Point

Levenov Point (Bulgarian: Левенов нос, ‘Levenov Nos’ le-'ve-nov 'nos) is the rock-tipped point on the northeast coast of Pasteur Peninsula on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, formed by an offshoot of Röntgen Peak.

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The point is named after Captain Nikola Levenov (1941-2007), commander of the Bulgarian ocean fishing trawler Burevestnik which operated in Antarctic waters off Kerguelen Islands from December 1974 to February 1975.

Location

Levenov Point is located at 64°02′13″S 62°15′57″W, which is 3.04 km southeast of Cape Cockburn and 2.85 km north of Duclaux Point. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

Maps

  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
  • Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

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